tools for bibliophiles – Book Burro and Library Lookup
Written on September 25, 2007
These are a couple of “cool tools” I have installed in my browser:
Book Burro – a Firefox extension that will show prices at the major online bookstores as well as some library availability (through WorldCat). When I’m browsing at Amazon, for example, I can click on the Book Burro panel to see if there’s a lower price elsewhere.
The LibraryLookup bookmarklet sits up on my bookmark toolbar. I can click it anytime I’m at a book page on Amazon to see whether my local library has it (since that library doesn’t show up on WorldCat).
This seems like a good context to say something about the Amazon links on this site. Amazon links are provided mainly for informational purposes; however I do have an “affiliate account,” so I receive a small referral fee for books purchased by clicking through the links. There is no extra charge to the customer for purchasing through this or other affiliate sites. (To anybody who has done that – thanks for the support!)
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Just a couple of things to add – both these tools look for an isbn (book id #) on the webpage, so they don’t work for CDs or DVDs.
The Library Lookup opens a new browser window behind the current one (on my system I have to look for it down on the taskbar).